Nicole Reed, MPH, is currently the Project Director for Native WYSE (Women, Young, Strong, Empowered) CHOICES at the University of Colorado's Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health. This project is an mHealth intervention via phone app to help reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies amongst urban Native young women, and to help them make the choices that are the best for them, and their future goals. Previously, she was a grant coordinator for Oklahoma State University’s Community Wellness Programs to help reduce the nonmedical use of prescription drugs in Tribal communities through policy, prescription drug take-back programs, and community awareness. Her research interests include adolescent Indigenous health, sexuality-related health disparities, the intersectionality between sexual health and ATOD use, and mHealth and social-media based health interventions.
Areas of Expertise
- Native health
- Sexuality-related health disparities
- mHealth
- Women's sexual health
Affiliations
- Cohort 11 Scholar, Native Children's Research Exchange
Research
- NIH/NIAAA R01, Native WYSE CHOICES. August 2019-Present. Role: Project Director
Publications and Presentations
- Reed, N.D., Sarche, M., Shrestha, U., Bull, S., Howley, C.T., Shangreau, C., Asdigian, N.L., Vossberg, N.L., Leon, J.S., and Kaufman, C.E. (2023) Creating a Virtual Indigenist Community-Based Participatory Research Approach: Lessons Learned from Centering Urban Native Young Women in Research, Adversity and Resilience Science. In press.
- Shrestha, U., Boland, S.E., Howley, C., Reed, N.D., Tuitt, N.R., Asdigian, N.L., Bull, S., M.C., Sarche & Kaufman, C.E. (2023) Centering culture in an mHealth adaptation of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy prevention program for American Indian Youth, Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2023.2223160
- Kaufman, C.E., Asdigian, N.L., Reed, N.D., Shrestha, U., Bull, S., Begay, R.L., Shangreau, C., Howley, C.T., Vossberg, R., & Sarche, M. A virtual randomized controlled trial of an alcohol exposed-pregnancy prevention mobile app with urban American Indian and Alaska Native young women: Native WYSE CHOICES rationale, design, and methods. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 128(2023): 1-7, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2023.107167
- Reed, N.D., Peterson, R., Ghost Dog, T., Kaufman, C.E., Kelley, A., & Craig Rushing, S. Centering Native Youths’ Needs and Priorities: Findings from the 2020 Native Youth Health Tech Survey. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (Online). 2022 ;29(3):1-17. DOI: 10.5820/aian.2903.2022.1.
- *Boland, S.E., *Homdayjanakul, K. J., *Reed, N.D., *Wesner, C., Kaufman, C.E. Jackson, L., & James, K.A. Addressing the cycle of inaction: A DrPH student perspective on the decolonization of public health. Harvard Public Health Review Journal 2021;35. DOI:10.54111/0001/II8 *Authors contributed equally to manuscript, and names are presented in alphabetical order